After using SO2R this weekend in SS CW with an Omni-VI Plus
and an Orion, I'd wish I'd gotten off my lazy *** and taken the
second Orion home out of the visitor's radio room to use instead
of the other Omni. I decided I didn't want to take it down there,
re-arrange the desk....I don't know what I was thinking.

I loaned my Orion to K4JNY three weeks ago so he could get
some pre-contest air time on it before this fall's contest season.
Jeff ran 1300+ QSO's running 15 meter single band with our new
6/6 long boom stack (erected on Oct. 17), the Orion and Titan
425 in CQ WW SSB. Went great for SS, but I had to stifle the
urge to keep moving the Orion to the run band - would have been
solved had I just brought the second one with me. Next time....

73
Scott Robbins W4PA

At 04:01 PM 11/8/04 -0500, you wrote:

Almost indisputable Al!! My Orion sat silent ......I just have no
confidence in it operating for 30 hours
continious, with no failures. It is, as you say, personal
choice/opinion. To change bandwidth, on the Plus, you punch one
button and if necessary, fiddle with PBT. With the Orion, there are
just too many controls to vary; if you happen to be running a high
rate of Q's, turning knobs is the last thing you want to be doing.
All personal choice.

I use an old OMNI C and the comment 'What QRM?' seems to surface in my
mind. The best CW rigs ever made and this an old rig with just a 250
filter. Sitting between two high power stations is great and pleasnt
operating. When I gorw up, perhaps I'll get a newer version. Presently
only 59 years young. Great contest, I am glad the solar flare waited
until this morning to cloud the airwaves.
73
Ernie
N1SW
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